The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty wore armor and held spears in their hands. They walked with a swagger, not knowing that they were in danger.

Because the outer wall of the stone wall was covered by tree bark, they didn't notice it when they entered the mountain road. As they walked, they got deeper and deeper into the bandit's ambush circle.

Qi Ying was worried. The longer the Ming army came in, the more people would die.

Han Xiao was standing on the eastern section of the stone wall. Qi Ying found him and asked, "Is the village going to ambush the Ming army?"

When Han Xiao saw Qi Ying coming, he replied: "This is the military order from the deputy village leader. He came to take command personally and arranged for me to guard this section of the stone wall."

Qi Ying advised: "The officers and soldiers cannot be offended. Let's go together to persuade the deputy village leader."

Han Xiao shook his head and said: "It's useless to persuade the second master. This is not the first time to ambush the Ming army."

Qi Ying was unwilling to accept it and walked quickly to the west section. He went to find Magai, the deputy village leader.

The Ming army had already entered a large area, winding like a long snake on the mountain road.

The snake is too long and thin. If it is ambushed by rolling rocks and trees, it will not be able to fight back.

This is two different things from siege. A siege is a column, attacking the city wall one after another. Once the city wall is attacked, there will be a large number of soldiers following behind.

The bandits built the stone wall on the mountain road. Because the mountain road was narrow, the officers and soldiers had no columns behind them when they attacked the stone wall.

Even if officers and soldiers put up ladders and attack the stone wall, they will be knocked down because there are no soldiers to follow.

What's more, the mountain road is narrow and the ladder cannot be placed down. Because the angle between the ladder and the stone wall is too small, after the soldiers climb up, the ladder will tip over backwards.

Qi Ying found Magai. He was wearing black armor and had a three-pointed two-edged sword stuck in his back.

He saw that Magai was in his thirties, with a stocky build, a brown face with large and small pockmarks, and fierce eyes.

This appearance makes people want to avoid him at the first sight.

Qi Ying walked up to him, clasped her fists and said, "I have seen the second master. The officers and soldiers cannot ambush him. His arms cannot twist his thigh. You cannot mess with him!"

Magai turned around and looked at Qi Ying, who looked unfamiliar, and asked, "Who are you?"

Qi Ying replied: "I am Qi Ying, the ranger invited by Hall Master Han to come up the mountain."

"Qi Ying?" Magai heard Han Xiao mention it. He raised his hand and returned the greeting: "It turns out he is a guest from the cottage. Qi Xia, please stay away. After I finish this battle, I will have a few drinks with Qi Xia."

Qi Ying advised: "The second boss cannot be messed with by the officers and soldiers. I am worried about my brothers in the village."

Although Magai felt that Qi Ying was meddling in other people's business, he was a guest after all, and his intentions were well-intentioned, so he didn't want to show his displeasure.

He smiled and replied: "I understand Qi Xia's worries. It's just that the arrow is on the string and has to be fired. Qi Xia can rest assured."

Qi Ying had no choice but to shut up. There was nothing he could do to stop the ambush.

Even if he draws his sword to kill the enemy, he still cannot stop him and will lose his life in vain.

With so many minions around, Magai and Han Xiao could kill him without taking action.

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But you can't risk your life like this. Even if you want to die, you have to get someone at the village leader level to support you.

It is not cost-effective to bury a few minions with you. There is no shortage of minions in the village, and there is no shortage of people who come up to the mountain to join the gang every year.

Qi Ying suppressed his anger and resisted the urge to draw his sword.

Although he couldn't stop the battle, he could warn the Ming army of danger.

He found many birds playing on the branches in the forest.

He grabbed a handful of pebbles and threw them toward the forest.

Flocks of birds were frightened by the flying stones and flew up, chirping, flying out of the forest and flying over the heads of the Ming army.

The Ming army was startled. They looked up.

On the battlefield in the valley, any dangerous movement will cause birds to fly in flocks. This is already common sense in military affairs.

Suddenly, flocks of birds flew up from the forest, which alerted the Ming army. They stopped to inspect the mountains and forests.

Some soldiers noticed something unusual and shouted: "There is an ambush!"

The bandit soldiers originally wanted to wait for the Ming army to enter more before attacking it, but they did not expect that the flocks of birds alerted the Ming army.

Then there was no need to wait any longer. The bandit soldiers launched an attack on the Ming army, throwing rocks, throwing logs, and raining arrows.

The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were attacked by rolling stones and trees and rain of arrows on the narrow mountain road. They had no way to escape or hide.

The Ming soldiers on the mountain road fell to the ground one after another, and some rolled down the hillside. It was terrible to see.

Upon seeing this, the Ming soldiers who had not yet entered the mountain road were frightened and panicked, and retreated one after another.

This Ming army was transferred from Jinling to assist Taizhou City. The general was General Jia Yin.

Jia Yin passed by Hangzhou and stayed in Hangzhou for a few days, and got along well with Zhao Wenhua.

Zhang Jing was valued by Zhao Wenhua when he was protecting the city of Hangzhou. After the city of Hangzhou calmed down, Zhang Jing's role was not that great.

Zhao Wenhua also drank with Zhang Jing. After a long time, he realized that he and Zhang Jing were not the same people. He arranged for him to live in a high-rise building but he couldn't live in it, but he went to sleep in the military dormitory. He no longer liked him and left him aside.

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Jia Yin and Zhao Wenhua had similar interests and were treated well by Zhao Wenhua.

Jia Yin said to Zhao Wenhua: "I have rested in the city for a few days, and I have forgotten all the food and drinks you have given me. I have to go to support Taizhou City tomorrow."

Zhao Wenhua said: "I heard Jiangxi reinforcements battalion commander Zhang Jing say that there are bandits in Kuaiji Mountain blocking the road."

Jia Yinjiu was so courageous that he was not ashamed to speak loudly: "Who are bandits? They are a bunch of idiots. If they dare to stop me, they will leave no trace behind!"

Zhao Wenhua said: "I also think that the bandits are nothing to worry about. It's just Zhang Jing who is making alarmist remarks."

Jia Yin said: "Sir, don't pay attention to him, just drink and drink!"

The next day, Jia Yin led his troops out of the city. Zhang Jing stopped at the door and advised: "Captain Jia, we can't go to Kuaiji Mountain. There is an ambush on the mountain road."

Jia Yin learned during a chat with Zhao Wenhua that Zhao Wenhua didn't like Zhang Jing very much. He didn't need to be polite to Zhang Jing.

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He looked displeased and said, "Battle Commander Zhang, are you being alarmist? How dare a group of bandits stop my three thousand army?"

Zhang Jing further advised: "The mountain road is narrow and has a stone wall on one side. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack."

Jia Yin said disapprovingly: "I have gunpowder and can blow up his stone wall."

Zhang Jing could not stop Jia Yin, so he had to watch him leave.

The sedan Jia Yin was sitting in was in the middle of the team. When the soldiers at the front of the team were ambushed, he had not yet entered the mountain road.

When he saw the soldiers in front retreating one after another, he realized that what Zhang Jing said was true and became a little panicked.

He ordered the gunpowder soldiers to take explosive barrels and blow up the stone wall.

The gunpowder soldier ran under the stone wall and found that the bottom of the stone wall was full of rocks, which were extremely hard and could not fit the gunpowder barrel.

The gunpowder soldiers braved the rain of falling rocks and arrows, hammering iron nails to dig holes. The rocks were too hard, and before they could break the stone skin, the gunpowder soldiers were killed by falling rocks and flying arrows.

After knocking for an hour, the gunpowder soldiers lost more than a hundred people. Finally, they knocked out several gunpowder holes, inserted the gunpowder barrels, and ignited and blasted.

There were several loud bangs, and the gunpowder barrel exploded. After the black smoke cleared, the stone wall was not damaged at all, and the rocks were not damaged at all.

When Jia Yin saw that gunpowder could not damage the stone wall, he realized how hard the stone wall was and how hard the rocks were, so he ordered his troops to retreat.

In this way, Jia Yin abandoned the corpses of more than two hundred Ming soldiers and ran back to Hangzhou in despair.

After the battle, the bandits were busy carrying the loot up the mountain.

Qi Ying endured the anger in her heart and accompanied Han Xiao back to the village.

The two of them were eating meat and drinking wine at the same table.

Qi Ying said: "The leader of the village is so courageous that he dares to ambush the Ming soldiers!"

Han Xiao also looked puzzled and said: "It is really hard to understand that the leader of the village attacked the officers and soldiers, but I am very sure that he has been prepared to fight the officers and soldiers for a long time. The stone walls built over the years are his confidence to resist the government.

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Qi Ying asked: "How much money did these stone walls cost?"

Han Xiao said: "I heard Brother Cai Guang reveal after drinking that the owner of the Stone Wall Village spent ten years and consumed one hundred thousand taels of silver."

"Ah!" Qi Ying was shocked, "You spent so much silver? Is the copycat so rich?"

Han Xiao shook his head and said: "The money for buying the road to Xizhai for a year is only three thousand taels, which is not enough to maintain the food of Xizhai. Normally, we have to rely on the village owner Wang Feng to allocate money to support everyone."

The more Qi Ying listened, the more curious he became. He asked: "Where did Wang Feng get the silver?"

Han Xiao put his mouth to Qi Ying's ear and whispered: "There are people from outside the village who provide financial support. Wang Feng sometimes receives secret guests."

"Oh!" Qi Ying held a bowl of wine for a long time. He pondered for a while and said: "The cottage is not simple, it is very mysterious!"

At this time, Magai came over. Seeing the two of them drinking, he cupped his hands and said with a smile, "I'm sorry Qi Xia, I'm so busy now. I've long wanted to have a few drinks with Qi Xia."
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